Two books, "The Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod; with Sovereign Antidotes against the most miserable exigents", by Thomas Brooks, Glasgow College, Alexander Miller (printer),1738, 12mo, calf binding and a 19th century miniature Book of Common Prayer.
 
"The Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod; with Sovereign Antidotes against the Most Miserable Exigents" by Thomas Brooks (Glasgow-College, Alexander Miller, 1738, 12mo, calf) is a significant devotional classic of Puritan literature. Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) was a renowned Puritan preacher and devotional writer, widely respected within English Nonconformist and Reformed traditions.​ The work was first published in 1659, this book is considered one of Brooks’ most beloved and widely read treatises. It offers spiritual comfort and biblical advice for faithful endurance during personal suffering, promoting what Brooks called “holy silence” or patient submission to God’s will.​ The book was highly influential for generations of Protestants, and still reprinted/praised by evangelical writers and theologians today. Its themes place it among the essential Puritan “books of consolation.”​
 
The titles measure 13 x 8cm (5.12" x 3.15") and 5.3 x 4.5cm (2.09" x 1.77") respectively.